Join us on our summer and fall walking tours of the African American Heritage Trail! We’ll learn about African-American history in Florence, MA, including Sojourner Truth’s house, abolitionist David Ruggles, and a 19th-century utopian community. We will explain what brought a progressive group of people to Florence in the 19th Read more…
Our annual celebration of Sojourner Truth will take place on Sunday, May 27, at 2 p.m. at the Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue at the corner of Park and Pine Streets in Florence. The program includes a keynote talk by Dr. Trevor Baptiste and music by the Amherst Area Gospel Choir. Read more…
Two outstanding high school seniors will be awarded the 2018 Sojourner Truth Social Justice Awards. Lourdes Jean-Louis, Amherst Regional High School, and Sylvia Venus Shread, Northampton High School, will receive the scholarship award and speak briefly about their social justice work and their educational goals at the annual commemoration of Read more…
The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee and the David Ruggles Center are pleased to announce a series of upcoming tours of the African American Heritage Trail. Tours are free and open to the public. Saturday, July 8, 10am; meet at the Sojourner Truth statue on the corner of Park and Pine Streets Read more…
In February 2017 Rutgers University announced that it will name an apartment building on its historic New Brunswick campus after the abolitionist and women’s rights activist Sojourner Truth (c.1797-1883). The decision followed research findings, published in Scarlet and Black: Slavery and Dispossession in Rutgers History, that Sojourner Truth had been enslaved Read more…
The 15th Annual Sojourner Truth Memorial Celebration, free and open to the public, will be held on Sunday, May 28, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at the Sojourner Truth statue, at the corner of Park and Pine Streets in Florence, MA. The celebration will be highlighted by a keynote address Read more…
The Sojourner Truth Memorial Committee is pleased to announce the 2017 recipients of the Sojourner Truth Scholarship for Social Justice: Dorilyn Castillo, Chicopee High School; Mugisha Cutsimpumu, Springfield Central High School; and Bridget MacNeill, Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Academy. Dorilyn Castillo is an active member and president of the Holyoke Read more…
On Tuesday, May 2, our committee is participating in Valley Gives 2017, the 24-hour day of generosity in support of Western Massachusetts nonprofits. Please consider making a gift toward our ongoing scholarship and local educational programs. You can schedule a gift now or make a gift on May 2 through Read more…
The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is Sojourner Truth, Photography, and the Fight Against Slavery, an exhibition that features photographic carte de visite portraits of Truth that she sold to help make a living. From an article by KQED: “While only privileged white Americans could afford Read more…
There will be 2 more community walking tours this year. Please join us at the statue at 10 a.m. for a walk through history: Sojourner Truth, David Ruggles, Frederick Douglass, and other major 19th c. abolitionists lived or visited Florence and left their mark here. Sept. 10 Oct. 8 Meet at the Read more…